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Next Stop Wonderland

1998 · 96 min · Director: Brad Anderson ★ IMDb 6.5 · 5,406 ratings

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Erin is a nurse and her longtime boyfriend has dumped her. Her mother Piper places a personal ad for her. Meanwhile the film follows the life of Alan, a volunteer at a local aquarium who dreams of becoming a marine biologist. Will their paths cross?

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Next Stop Wonderland (1998) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Love 30%, Sadness 25%, Anticipation 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love30%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Love, Sadness, Anticipation. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Love, Sadness and Anticipation. Its IMDb rating of 6.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 67/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Hope
  • Love

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Melancholy

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Hope

Humor
Hope
Love
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 8 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorHopeLove
2.5 %≈ 2′Melancholy42 %25 %5 %10 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Love35 %24 %10 %16 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor35 %28 %14 %18 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Melancholy39 %30 %18 %13 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Humor46 %39 %20 %10 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Humor54 %51 %19 %8 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Humor54 %53 %16 %5 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Humor54 %51 %13 %3 %
42.5 %≈ 41′Humor54 %51 %10 %4 %
47.5 %≈ 46′Humor49 %43 %11 %11 %
52.5 %≈ 50′Melancholy45 %32 %18 %20 %
57.5 %≈ 55′Melancholy45 %32 %26 %25 %
62.5 %≈ 60′Humor45 %35 %29 %24 %
67.5 %≈ 65′Melancholy45 %34 %26 %25 %
72.5 %≈ 70′Love46 %27 %25 %28 %
77.5 %≈ 74′Melancholy48 %19 %26 %24 %
82.5 %≈ 79′Hope44 %16 %30 %18 %
87.5 %≈ 84′Hope44 %19 %38 %20 %
92.5 %≈ 89′Hope55 %16 %49 %38 %
97.5 %≈ 94′Love65 %10 %57 %55 %
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Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

AG
Alan Gelfant

AG
Alan Gelfant

Alan Monteiro

Cara Buono

Julie

JL
Jason Lewis

Rory

Roger Rees

Ray Thornback

SS
Sam Seder

Kevin Monteiro

Holland Taylor

Piper Castleton

CT
Callie Thorne

Cricket

JT
Jimmy Tingle

Lowrey the Bartender

LV
Lyn Vaus

Daryl

José Zúñiga

Andre de Silva

Robert Klein

Arty Lesser

KC
Ken Cheeseman

Rick

EK
E. Katherine Kerr

Candice

PH
Pamela Hart

Berit

Details

Directed by
Brad Anderson
Written by
Brad Anderson, Lyn Vaus
Type
Movies
Released
1998
Runtime
96 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.5 · 5,406 ratings
Feels mostly
Love
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